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    include all members of the Council of the District of Columbia since its creation in 1975. All members are elected to 4-year terms (except for the initial...
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    The Council of the District of Columbia (shortly as the D.C. Council) is the legislative branch of the government of the District of Columbia. As permitted...
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    The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia...
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    District of Columbia home rule is the District of Columbia residents' ability to govern their local affairs. As the federal capital, the Constitution grants...
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    The mayor of the District of Columbia is the head of the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia. The mayor has the duty to enforce...
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    The Superior Court of the District of Columbia, commonly referred to as DC Superior Court, is the trial court for the District of Columbia, in the United...
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  • from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. There...
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    was held for the Council of the District of Columbia. Elections were held in four ward districts as well as for chairperson of the council and two at-large...
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    The District of Columbia statehood movement is a political movement that advocates making the District of Columbia a U.S. state, to provide the residents...
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    Voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants...
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    The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is a public historically black land-grant university in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1851 and...
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    to Local council camps of the Boy Scouts of America. Local councils of the Boy Scouts of America List of local councils of the Boy Scouts of America Defunct...
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    Commissioners of the Federal City as listed below. With the passage of the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, the District was brought under the direct...
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  • This is a list of members of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Twenty-six bishops of the Church of England sit...
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    elected mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia. The council is composed of a chair elected at large and twelve members, four of whom are elected...
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  • The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is the local public school system for Washington, D.C. It is distinct from the District of Columbia Public...
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    The District of Columbia was created in 1801 as the federal district of the United States, with territory previously held by the states of Maryland and...
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  • Following is a list of notable members of the Order of the Coif, a legal honor society. "Tribute to Our Founder". FSU Center for the Advancement of Human Rights...
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    Conservative) Executive Council of British Columbia Legislative Council of British Columbia List of British Columbia provincial electoral districts (2001–2009) British...
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    The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC), more commonly known locally as the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), and, colloquially...
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    The District of Columbia's at-large congressional district is a congressional district encompassing all of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United...
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    improvement districts (BIDs); these boundaries will overlap. The eight wards each elect a member to the Council of the District of Columbia and are redistricted...
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  • District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled that the Second Amendment...
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    The District of Columbia (a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C.) has had a system of direct voting since 1979, shortly after it gained...
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    The 2024 United States Shadow Senator election in the District of Columbia will take place on November 5, 2024, to elect a shadow member to the United...
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    amount through the Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia to pay for capital costs. Municipalities are governed by a mayor and council who are democratically...
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    including mayor, attorney general, members of the D.C. Council, members of the D.C. State Board of Education, and members of its Advisory Neighborhood Commissions...
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    of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia...
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  • the population statistics of the country during the given year. Only includes members in the District of Columbia and the 31 states which allow registration...
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  • been legal in the District of Columbia since March 3, 2010. On December 18, 2009, Mayor Adrian Fenty signed a bill passed by the D.C. Council on December...
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